Amazing Rake.

• Author: Peterson, Eric
• Position: SMALL biz

Lyle Ethington came up with the idea for the Amazing Rake while raking up his barn. "I thought, There's gotta be a better way, without bending over,'" he says. He came up with a clamshell design strong enough to pick up a bowling ball, had it made by a Fort Collins contract manufacturer, and started selling it in 2007. QVC picked up the Amazing Rake in 2009, and the company shipped the TV retail giant more...